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Director: Dr. Francis S. Grandinetti
Phone: 814-871-7533
Email: grandine002@gannon.edu

Objectives

The School of Education offers a program leading to a Master of Education degree designed to facilitate the highest level of teacher performance. The core courses focus on the mastery of teaching effectiveness for teachers in grades K through 12. The objectives enable the teacher to:

• Develop the verbal skills and strategies that produce mastery of positive communication;
• Acquire skills that increase student thinking and self-esteem through the instruction process;
• Use instructional strategies to reach the learning style preferences of students;
• Create lesson formats and instructional processes (induction, deduction, inquiry, analysis, and synthesis) that match the learning and thinking styles of students;
• Develop skills to create a motivating learning environment.

Admission Requirements

• A completed application for admission including three letters of recommendation.
• Official transcripts showing completion of a Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
• Evidence by previous academic record that the applicant has the general ability and preparation necessary to pursue graduate study successfully.